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After speed running 3 easy wash cloths by Elizabeth Carls for a gift set; I am now cranking out the set in different yarns. This time it was Knit Picks Dishie Twist in colorway Conch (a peachy pink twisted with white to make for speckled brown effects) again. As you can see they roll up and fit inside the original wrapper which makes them perfect to be handed over or tossed like missile to retaliate for unexpected gifts. #knitting #giftette #washcloth #handmade

Oh look, yet another set of dishcloths. This time again in was Knit Picks Dishie Twist in colorway Espresso (a coffee brown twisted with white to make for speckled brown effects) again. As you can see they roll up and fit inside the original wrapper which makes them perfect to be handed over or tossed like missile to retaliate for unexpected gifts. This time I also tried to keep a yarn edge on the scrubber. #knitting #giftette #washcloth #handmade

Finished knitting the green Allegro Shawl (thneed) for a coworker. I have completed the lacy panel and then sewed the end of it to the cuff. I made it with Berroco Vintage DK yarn in Scotch Pine (a dark, heathered green) that the coworker liked. The needles are now 7mm straight needles and the pattern involves purling across and then elongated knits back for a delightfully simple airy lace that knits up quick. #Knitting #AllegroShawl #Thneed

@oldladyplays consequently, I politely they/them infants/toddlers and stick to safe topics like "Awwwww, they are adorable, and I am guessing that means they get away with being really needy and occasionally keeping ya'll up all night?" And then it's not even self deprecating to be like "It's FASCINATING how I'm suddenly no longer mad when they smile and say something so stonkin' cute after some craziness. I feel like this is the first time in months I have correctly identified what day it is."

After speed running 3 easy wash cloths by Elizabeth Carls for a gift set.. I am now cranking out the set in different yarns. This time it'll Knit Picks Dishie Twill in colorway Coffee (a dark brown twisted with white to make for speckled brown effects) This last one used the leftover yarn making a row-ribbed cloth carrying scrubby for a scourer/exfoliator. This time I kept the scrubby yarn away from the edges and i-cord loop to reduce scratchy feel. #knitting #giftette #washcloth #handmade

After speed running 3 easy wash cloths by Elizabeth Carls for a gift set.. I am now cranking out the set in different yarns. This time it'll Knit Picks Dishie Twill in colorway Coffee (a dark brown twisted with white to make for speckled brown effects) And that is the whole set complete. As you can see they roll up and fit inside the original wrapper which makes them perfect to be handed over or tossed like missile to retaliate for unexpected gifts. #knitting #giftette #washcloth #handmade

Continued knitting the green Allegro Shawl (thneed) for a coworker. I have made good progress on the lacey knitting I am making it with Berroco Vintage DK yarn in Scotch Pine (a dark, heathered green) that the coworker liked. The needles are now 7mm straight needles and the pattern involves purling across and then elongated knits back for a delightfully simple airy lace that knits up quick. I will continue this lace until it's a little over a meter long. #Knitting #AllegroShawl #Thneed

@lednaBM @Ralph Wait a minute... Someone on the Internet telling someone ELSE on the Internet to do something and the whole thing just getting done and not resulting in a squabble that would be picked apart by psychologists? And with fun GIFs? The Fediverse has had me bear witness to more Old Internet magic than I think I am ready-for.

After speed running 3 easy wash cloths by Elizabeth Carls for a gift set.. I am now cranking out the set in different yarns. This time it'll Knit Picks Dishie Twill in colorway Coffee (a dark brown twisted with white to make for speckled brown effects) This third one is row-ribbed (purl the second row and then every third row after that). I-cord loop again. Now I use the leftover yarn making a row-ribbed cloth carrying scrubby for a scourer/exfoliator #knitting #giftette #washcloth #handmade

@mavnn @JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange @susankayequinn@wandering.shop granted, there have been nasty pushback attempts from the VERY high up (mostly appointees)... But the long timers that COULD have aligned with the grumpy appointees instead just looked to the youngin's to be like "I feel like I align with THEM over ya'll appointees because you have to adapt or retire in this joint and ya'll seem like y'all're just prepared to die mad about whatever"

After speed running 3 easy wash cloths by Elizabeth Carls for a gift set.. I am now cranking out the set in different yarns. This time it'll Knit Picks Dishie Twill in colorway Coffee (a dark brown twisted with white to make for speckled brown effects) This second one is a box stitch (k2p2 that switches every two rows, sort of a macro moss stitch) that I took 4 sts off to make the pattern more square with my tension. I-cord loop again. #knitting #giftette #washcloth #handmade

@johnefrancis @OrangeR @esistangerichtet @fzer0 @lacybarry I dunno, from what I understand with all cobra chickens: Mess with the honk, you get the bonk.

@oldladyplays I love it precisely because it doesn't really harm the kid, who will decide to be a boy one day and a girl the next and a genderless dinosaur alien the day after that... But it seems like it would absolutely piss off someone who is invested in patriarchy/supremacy bullshit, especially those invested beyond the dubious "just the way we've always done it" reasons.

@oldladyplays also, wasn't that sort of the point of bar/bat-mitzvah's? "This child, dressed in nondescript clothes that are easy to clean/sanitize/grow-in... Has made it to puberty! Let them go to the pulpit and declare their clothing preferences and affirm their assumed roles in life and temple in front of their friends, family, and God. Now give 'em money and we'll wishes and let the tweens load themselves up on sugar! Mazeltov!"

@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net When the purchase of Twitter was in full swing, I remember delighting in telling academics making fun of the fediverse "it's like a little network of neighborhood bars where people come together and chat about whatever. It's not going to give you the 'author signing at a Borders with the worlds shittiest manager you can blame for -not handling- the crazies that you get into messy fights-with' energy that you desperately crave."

@Cyberoutsider I feel like that is what America has done best for 250 years but now there is a Live Internet Video Feed to show one hand of America dropping the match as the other hand reaches for the bucket handle.

I bought a 2lb bag of mixed candy to sugar up my office... But I cannot fathom why it came with 8 little stakes. Am I expected to try and plant the candy to grow caramel candy bushes? Is it something you would put in a bucket at a candy shop?

@JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange @susankayequinn@wandering.shop @mavnn my personal head canon is that a lot of men have ALWAYS felt this way but lied to the press because they knew being honest would make women "all uppity" and piss them off. Now that women are not trusting men At All and are analyzing actions not words... And rising egalitarianism means that nasty boys reciting the spells of old no longer gets them laid... They're being honest. And in very "LOCK DOWN AND TRACK WHATCHU GOT, FELLAHS!" ways.

@mjdxp@labyrinth.zone @susankayequinn@wandering.shop I've said it before and I'll say it again: the Greatest American Resource is weaponized violent pettiness. So yes, there is a deep seated American fear that in the unlikely event someone broke into their house, they wouldn't have enough guns/force to scare/repel them. The only thing more annoying is the greatest moments in American history were other countries going "Yeah, I guess we do need *those assholes* precisely because they act *like that*"

@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt The way the headset and cord are normal when they could have been triangular (even though I know it would have been very expensive/niche/form-over-function) are is mildly aggravating to me.

@plop@social.lol I can see one and hear the other.

@BenHM3@saint-paul.us @JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange OWM targeting rich kids who seem to have a disdain for anything resembling empathy.

@mavnn @JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange @susankayequinn@wandering.shop I'm the weird gay with ladyhair (queerdo for short) and I am actually sort of bittersweet that all the gendering/othering showdowns at my org were had in, like, 2017, and there wasn't an extinction burst from the people in power in my orbit. More of a "Hrunh, makes sense. Never even thought about that; but now I will."

@markarayner@mas.to the fact that the Dog looked like it was going to be calm and zen... ... For 5 seconds before "I MUST SING THE SONGS THE HUSKY TAUGHT ME BUT THIS TIME WITH MORE COWBELL" chaos made me be like "Yup. That's a golden."

@catsalad@infosec.exchange "I like this game where I say 'kitty!' at the picture of a kitty until the kitty gets big and then there is a new kitty."

@Paws2Spindle@sunny.garden it's the name of the Omni-Garment from The Lorax by Dr. Seuss: a knitted scarf/top/dress/coat/carpet/towel/etc knitted from the fiber of endangered slow-growing truffula trees. "Everyone needs a Thneed!" Thneeds (things you need) are delightfully ambiguous in that they seemed to have a place for one's head and the rest is just draping and imagination... So I started calling the allegro "shawl with a waistband" that can also be a capelet, hood, shrug, toga, etc... a thneed.

@Paws2Spindle@sunny.garden to answer your original question (sorry, I got distracted). I started calling it a thneed within my knitting group (because of it's versatility) shortly after I saw it and fell in love with it and decided to make it my personality for the next several years.

@KimCrayton1 I have spent today allowing myself to feel little bits of joy and glee whether or not I was "doing good work". I've been so happy I am starting to wonder if I am having a manic episode.

@Alien_Sunset the cross stitch and alt text for the cross stitch are particularly delightful.

@vmstan@vmst.io "Rufus"

*Finds a new author recommended by my father on a family visit* *Had bought a whole bunch of books already so his book budget is low... But then remembers Library exists.* *Downloads first e-book rental and starts inhaling book* *Likes author, double check's Internet to see whatever controversies exist, is delighted to see the discourse is "has these politics; acts like it" and lots of criticism of some of the writing falling into tropes that become repetetive/boring/trite when being inhaled*

Everything about these semi/centennial celebrations makes me feel like this isn't America's Birthday but more like America's Yom Kippur: As my Jewish friend describes the holiday: a solemn day-off to for atonement and repentance upon one's crimes. Crimes against oneself, ones family, ones neighbors, and most of all, one's crimes against God.

@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net @evan@cosocial.ca "My friends and family are here when I invite them in to see something cool I've been working-on. In the meantime, like minded randos occasionally visit to help me build said cool thing because they are way more experienced/interested in cool thing than friends/family and give way better advice. Some of them become friends, but most just appreciate getting to help build cool thing." Just like my house.

She's started sleeping on the couch more frequently because she can no longer jump into the bed and also she's smart and realizes that her throwing up on the bed (or the puppy pad I manage to yank her over before she finally pukes so I don't have to replace the sheets) pisses me off for the next 24-48 hours because my neurodivergent superpower is letting any semblance of patience or empathy leave my body if I am not allowed to sleep. I feel like it's probably for the best.

I am happy to report that my neighborhood has finally broken the new hot car curse. Instead of getting a Kia Telluride, some sensible neighbors with 2 kids got... A Hyundai Palisade.

I am attempting to sell my Google Pixel 4 that I originally bought with Sprint. I am trying Swappa because it reminds me half.com (reasonable assumption of what things sell-for while Not Being EBay). If anyone is interested in having an Old Phone shipped from ATL Metro, lemme know and AI can send the Swappa link, but also I feel like I have the only Pixel 4 on Swappa right now. #Pixel4 #swappa

@BenHM3@saint-paul.us @JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange while God saves their funniest clowns for their silliest battles... It appears they don't want to touch the surly lil rich shitheads and that means big ol rich shitheads just pluck them out of university and get them a combo PR/HR firm in a startup or a conservative think tank before they can even get cheap car rental.

@gcoleman@social.coop I will plant them in the candy and wait to harvest when they show lead...

@drahardja@sfba.social @cdarwin@c.im Atlanta tied things down so the only thing ending up in the British Museum after the world cup semifinal is a "Tag Applied For" 2011 Nissan Altima with bumper damage and a half a pack of gum.

I am at a Drag Benefit for Lost and Found Youth Atlanta in Skiptown... which is a dog park/boarding/grooming facility. So drag queens and dogs all doing park and bark. #drag #lostandfoundyouth

@karrot@fosstodon.org so, the 40 Mac Minis are like the fleet of owned turboprops. They're giving an AI companies a lump sum for something they designed a while ago, justifying a former lake boiling investment. The company with a rack of Mac Minis has eschewed the need to rent the AI equivalent of subsonic jets, and they aren't going to need to lease any future AI supersonic jets which are now testing and causing lots of supersonic booms and bubbly oceans and pissing folks off.

Now I need to find a little-wig pattern for the skulls a coworker is 3D printing and putting in the office. (I have pre-cleared knitting little wigs for the 3D printed skulls for the coworker. I am thinking a small beanie with long I-Cord fringe to evoke dreads/braids/plaits. #knitting #wigs #officeart

@karrot@fosstodon.org yes and no. From what I understand, the ocean boiling effect of Generative AI comes from trying to make new models. It's like Cryptocurrency in that there is a gamified "make a better word/number/pixel guesser that can do things faster/better/cheaper than the last one". It involves the same type of complex/inscrutable computing as code-breaking where you throw a shitton of computing power at a complex algorithm for days and can't tell how close it got to working until after it's done.

@karrot@fosstodon.org our org also understands capex vs opex. So of we find out that we can just buy 40 Mac Minis and put them in a rack to get great audio language processing for TBs of podcasts the next 5 years rather than subscribe to services that are gonna nickel and dime over data transfer and price hike the AI service (to pay for ocean boiling)... We'll do that and publish the study.

@karrot@fosstodon.org to make a metaphor and then torture it, let's say that AI is like Jet Aircraft: way faster than anything before; showey, expensive, kinda dangerous but slowly becoming more efficient/safe/regulated. AI Companies are trying to now build/advertise supersonic jet aircraft to lease... Other Companies are seeking to lease big and medium sized normal combi jets for flexibility... And some regional carriers are just buying a fleet of small turboprops because they're only doing short routes.

@RL_Dane @RickiTarr BE NOT AFRAID... ...OF THIS... SICK.... BEAT... *three rapturous high hats then a snare*